Home-Based Electrical Stimulation to Accelerate Wound Healing-A Double-Blinded Randomized Control Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electrical stimulation (E-Stim) may offer a unique adjunctive treatment to heal complicated diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). Our primary goal is to examine the effectiveness of daily home-based E-Stim therapy to speed-up wound healing.

Methods

Patients with chronic DFUs and mild to severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were recruited and randomized to either control (CG) or intervention (IG) groups. The IG received 1-hour home-based E-Stim therapy on daily basis for 4 weeks (4W). E-Stim was delivered through electrical pads placed above the ankle joint using a bio-electric stimulation technology (BEST^®) platform (Tennant Biomodulator^® PRO). The CG was provided with an identical but non-functional device for the same period. The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Zulbaran-Rojas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9846397 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature